There's been some great games and great atmosphere and basically none of diving or dirty play that happens in the men's games. I'll have gone to 5 of the 9 Wellington games by the end of it and the regret is not going to more games or not going to games in other towns etc. Obviously easier to go to games where you live and it gets pretty expensive when you need flights and accommodation in multiple places during something like this. Really gutted England didn't end up in a group playing in NZ.
Saturday night I'm going to the round of 16 match between Japan and Norway. Then next Friday the quarter final which will be Spain/Switzerland vs Netherlands/South Africa - that QF was predicted to be USA vs Norway pre-tournament which shows the beauty of these things not being played on paper. I've already seen Netherlands and South Africa in the matches I've been to so far so good to see a few different teams too. As a neutral it would be cool to see a penalty shootout live.
Yesterday Brazil, today Germany got knocked out. Unbelievable
Good to see Germany bundled out early. They beat Morocco 6-0 in the first game and Morocco go through ahead of them. 😆 Any predictions for the round of 16? So hard to predict any game. I do fancy Sweden to get past USA based on what we've seen from both teams so far but you can never count out the team who always win this thing.
Just when you thought there couldn't be a worse own goal than the Italy one Spain manage to score one from the half way line! 😆
It was a shocker
I'm at Japan Vs Norway now. Hard to call this one. Japan must be favourites but could be a cracker.
Japan is so good
Japan keeper with a Seaman esque save. Unbelievable.
Wish we have someone like Hasegawa playing for Arsenal. What a superb midfield controller
Those whole Japan team going to have loads of top clubs chasing them, especially Miyazawa and Tanaka
Was a great save, I was sitting down that end about level with the goal line.
Hope Japan win it if England don't.
Panda Looking like the final...
Dutch definitely being tested here. South Africa needed to have scored one of those chances.
Howler from the keeper seals it. South Africa were in it until then
Keeping errors still plaguing the WWC. Would still like the RSA to score.
Kgatlana really should have scored one of those first half chances. So I'll be going to the Spain-Netherlands quarter final on Friday. Has potential to be a good one.
Lol. Sweden beats the USA on penalties. Dramatic stuff.
That winning pen was only over the line by a millimetre
Amazing. What a heroic performance from the Sweden keeper. Yanks out and Arsenal player scored the winning pen. That couldn't have gone better. "By the barest of all margins."
Clrnc Think Japan might go far even though they brought such a young squad. Silky smooth on the ball and great technical abilities
Clrnc Think Japan might go far even though they brought such a young squad.
Silky smooth on the ball and great technical abilities
I reckon they'll win it
